- Obviously, hosting Auburn is maybe the best thing that could have happened after losing on the road in Athens, but it was good to see the Cats come out with some intensity early. A small part of every UK fan was worried that his/her team would come out flat.
- Is it possible that the sixth man for UK (regardless of who it is) is the best player on any given night? It's normally Doron Lamb, our best shooter and at times our best scorer, but tonight it was Terrence Jones, and he just happens to lead the Cats with 13 points at the break.
- Why doesn't this team post up more? We have a size and strength advantage against most every team, including Auburn, but we continue to take three after three. We can shoot the ball pretty well on most nights, but it would really serve this team well to focus on scoring in the paint to prepare for games when the threes aren't falling.
- Triple-Double Alert! Brandon Knight has 8 pts, 6 asst, and 4 rebounds at the break. Just saying, keep an eye out. Oh, and he also has 1 block, but I think the quadruple double may be out of reach.
- Eloy Vargas is still an incredibly big waste of space. The amount of times that man/boy goes up from inside 5 feet and gets blocked/fouled is absurd. Stick him in the weight room with nothing but EAS Myoplex and a UFC fighter for a month and then let him play again. In all seriousness, though, he needs to step up because we need bodies off the bench or this team will be exhausted come tourney time.
- Jay Williams almost had me. I was starting to respect him as a commentator and he actually made several insightful remarks throughout the first half, and then Jones took a knee to the face after being hacked while lying on the floor, and Williams said "that's exactly what you want to see if you're Auburn's coach." Really? I'm all for hard fouls and playing physically, but cheap shots? Only a Dukie.
Should be a good second half, my guess is that Polson sees about 95 seconds of the game and UK wins by 32.
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